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On the heels of the Aug. 7 voter approval of its Capital Projects Levy, the Grand Coulee Dam School District board last week rescinded its earlier resolution to hold another election for the same levy in November. That plan had been set as a backup in case the levy did not pass.

It did, with 57.71 percent of the vote, 565-414, so the later attempt was not needed.

One firefighter per 305 acres

Statistics shared by the Grass Valley Fire’s state management team note that the 75,000-plus-acre fire was 10 miles wide, 18 miles long and more than 73 miles around, and the...